Championing Disabled Rights Key to Iverson’s Run for Napa Valley Community College Board of Trustees, Area 4

Announcement from the candidacy team of William “Kyle” Iverson for Area 4, Napa Valley College Board of Trustees:

William “Kyle” Iverson, 32, is running to represent Area 4 on the Napa Valley College Board of Trustees in the November election. 

Iverson grew up in Napa, after moving from San Jose with his family in 1988. He attended Mt. George Elementary School, Silverado Middle School and graduated from Napa High School in 2000. 

From there he attended Lake Tahoe Community College and Sierra Community College where he did his lower division course work. 

He received his Bachelor of Arts in Government with a minor in History from California State University Sacramento.

After an automobile accident left Kyles’s father a quadriplegic, Iverson was left looking at life from a different perspective, one that has influenced his life ever since. 

Iverson’s father, Bill Iverson, became a quadriplegic 15 years ago and as soon as he was able began organizing the Napa Spinal Cord Injury Network, which today is a model non-profit program to educate and empower persons with spinal cord injuries through peer support, advocacy, and education to maintain health and independence to achieve the highest quality of life.

The Iversons worked hand-in-hand on the project, giving Kyle skills from grassroots organizing to grant writing. 

This community involvement was his inspiration for choosing Government as a major at CSUS. 

After college Iverson took a position with a consulting firm specializing in Finance Training, later accepting his current position with J.Lohr Vineyards & Wines as a Sales Associate. 

He remains an active campaigner in the spinal cord and disabled communities of Napa.

“I am an advocate for people challenged by physical, learning or emotional disabilities,” says Iverson. “My first priority lies with opening the college programs to more disabled veterans and working with organizations such as Pathways in Yountville to assure that disabled veterans receive the full benefits of Title 38.”

In addition to ensuring fair representation for the disabled, Iverson wants to pursue more community involvement with the college and more skills-based classes in technology that can lead to higher paying employment for graduates.

 “Our college is a reflection of our community and is integral to the lives of those who attend it; and it should also be to those who represent it on its Board of Trustees,” Kyle said. 

“I feel I can best represent my community and fellow students because I have been through the community college system myself, seen the hardships facing the disabled and am focused on growing our college while maintaining its integrity as the community expands and education costs rise.”